Sunday Sayings

So I think I should be really open with you. I don't know who reads this blog (but obviously somebody does because the count keeps going up), nor do I know why you read this blog. However, I want Little Talks to be helpful, not just entertaining. If you are having some of the same struggles in your life as I am, or if reading about my walk can help you, then I want to share it with you. That's what I've tried to do this year, especially being in a totally unfamiliar situation. I think it also helps me to feel like there are people out there who might see my posts and understand what I'm going through.
I have struggles with my faith, but who doesn't? Anyways, my greatest struggle for the past few years has been rooted in my singleness. I am completely content being single. Yes, I would love to get married and have a family some day, but for now I am okay without all of that. But my writer's imagination has a tendency to pull me into a world of my fantasies and desires. This is not my way of alluding to sexual fantasies, however I can honestly admit that this is part of the problem. The main issue is that somewhere along the line I went from putting myself in the place of characters in my stories, to simply making up stories for my own life. What if I got married to (insert person here)? Imagine if I met this celebrity crush. That sort of thing distracts me from real life. And it's not good. I know it's wrong, and sometimes I struggle to stop and repent because, frankly, a part of me doesn't want to. But a part of me does. More and more I try to push those thoughts away and turn my focus to God.
But God has started to remind me of something that perhaps I have forgotten. Yes, these fantasies are wrong and I must continue to ask God to help me turn away from them. However, I have already been saved by God's grace, even though I still sin. I know it, but somehow acknowledging that outright makes it easier to say "no" to temptations, because I know that it is not my fight to fight; it's God's fight and He has already won.

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There's actually a really simple, but touching song about this. It suddenly popped into my head, even though I haven't heard it in years. People may think that this artists is secular, but there is no denying the message of her lyrics. She's a Canadian electro-pop artist so I'm guessing most of you have never heard of her, but you should really give this song a listen:

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